Applications are invited for Early Stage Researcher fellowships of up to three years at two participating institutions.

The terms of the contract specify that applicants must be:

Early Stage researchers, who are defined as having less than 4 years' experience of research since gaining a university diploma giving them access to doctoral studies;

A national of a Member State of the EU or of an Associated State or residing in the EU for at least five years prior to their appointment. Applicants must not be a national of the country in which the institution they wish to apply to is based, and they must not have carried out their normal activities in that country for more than 12 of the 36 months prior to their appointment. Short stays such as holidays are not taken into account.

Appointment of researchers to institutions based in their country of origin is only possible if they have been active outside the EU or Associated States for more than 4 out of the last 5 years.

Training provided by the network is targeted primarily (but not exclusively) at PhD students who have already undertaken one year’s doctoral training and who are about to embark on their second year of doctoral studies.

Applicants should send a CV (including details of 3 referees) and a personal statement in support of their application to one or more of the following participating institutions (indicating, if relevant, the names of the other Network institutions they have applied to):

Guido Ferrarini, Center Department of Private, Commercial and International Law, University of Genova

Ernst-Ludwig von Thadden, Department of Economics, University of Mannheim

For specific information regarding the above vacancies (such as application deadlines, salary bands, and qualification requirements), please contact the relevant team leader (contact details above).

General queries (such as eligibility conditions) should be directed to Inga Benner at CEPR.